by
JOHN HABBERTON
Illustrated by
Tod Dwiggins
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1908, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP
HELEN'S BABIES
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Everyone knows that there are, in the World,hundreds of thousands of fathers and mothers,each one of whom possesses the best childrenthat ever lived. I am, therefore, moved bya sense of the eternal fitness of things to dedicatethis little volume to
The Parents of the
Best Children in the World
with the reminder that it is considered theproper thing for each person, to whom a bookis dedicated, to purchase and read a copy.